Barry Simmonds

Barry Simmonds
Personal information
Full name	Barry Simmonds
Teams managed
2006–2007	New Zealand Knights

Barry Simmonds is a professional football coach, recruiter and administrator notable for managing the New Zealand Knights in the Australian A-League prior to its licence being transferred to new ownership and renamed Wellington Phoenix.^[1] He was the Director of Football Recruitment and on the Executive Board at Norwich City FC for the Premier League promotion winning 2014-2015 season. He was appointed having held a similar role at Fulham FC over several years.^[2]

Biography

He developed a successful reputation with different clubs in the UK and abroad including Crystal Palace FC, Cardiff City FC, Viking FK and Fulham for signing undervalued lesser known players and established internationals at relatively low or no fees some of whom were sold on for much higher figures. Whilst at Fulham this included Chris Smalling and Moussa Dembele who were transferred to Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur respectively and recruiting several of the playing squad which achieved the record highest league placing in the club's history and a UEFA Europa League Final. Named in the starting line up for the final in Hamburg on 12 May 2010 against Atletico Madrid were international players brought to the club following Simmonds' appointment including Mark Schwarzer (Australia), Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria), Zoltan Gera (Hungary) Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland) and Bobby Zamora (England). Schwarzer and Gera arrived on free transfers. At Norwich the capture of Cameron Jerome and Gary O'Neil proved decisive signings in achieving promotion to the Premier League.

In his 2013 award-winning book "The Nowhere Men' author Michael Calvin credited Simmonds with being at the forefront of modern player recruitment through the use of statistical analysis and traditional scouting methods.^[3]

Following his departure from Norwich City it was reported in the British media that he had been contracted by The Football Association to work as part of Roy Hodgson's staff for the national team's preparation and final tournament of the 2016 UEFA European Championship.^[4]

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
New Zealand Knights FC	New Zealand	November 2006	January 2007	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	07001400000000000000♠40.00
Total				7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	07001400000000000000♠40.00

References

↑ "Nevin sacked by Knights". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Barry Simonds discusses new role". www.canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ Herbert, Ian (3 August 2013). "Why football stars owe the scouts a huge debt". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ Kidd, Dave (8 June 2016). "Roy Hodgson hand-picks two spies to help England at Euro 2016 - and keep him in a job". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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[1] "Nevin sacked by Knights". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[2] "Barry Simonds discusses new role". www.canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[3] Herbert, Ian (3 August 2013). "Why football stars owe the scouts a huge debt". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[4] Kidd, Dave (8 June 2016). "Roy Hodgson hand-picks two spies to help England at Euro 2016 - and keep him in a job". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.